It’s a tough talent market. With unemployment numbers hovering around 5%, the talent market in Canada continues to be tight. Even tighter in some industries, locations and roles. So recruiters are looking for new and better ways to find the people they need. And it’s a new year, which always means predictions and plans for… Read more »
Whether or not they’re using company computers may be irrelevant. You’ve heard cybersecurity experts, corporate investigators and HR managers say it a million times: The biggest threat to corporate security are employees who haven’t been properly trained and/or don’t understand the risks. And that’s true. However, while many companies focus on the obvious types of… Read more »
Thank you for a great 2018! We wanted to just take a minute to thank you for your business over the past year. 2018 has been our best year to date – and it’s all because of our clients, suppliers and employees. We appreciate your business and look forward to our continued partnership in… Read more »
Don’t approach screening as a binary proposition People often refer to pre-employment and background screening as providing a ‘snapshot’ of a potential employee, and to a certain extent that’s true. A person’s work history and the references they provide can certainly give you more information than you might get in a formal interview setting.… Read more »
You might be surprised what background checks can tell you For many businesses, ‘background checks’ mean a quick check of potential employees’ references, just to get a second opinion and maybe confirm they’ve held the positions they say they’ve held. But background checks can be far more extensive than that. As we’ve discussed before, a single,… Read more »
by Tanya Vesters, Manager, Screening Services When employers tell job-seekers that they’ll be requiring a ‘background check’, one may believe that this is just to make sure they do not have a criminal record. However, ‘background check’ can have multiple meanings and include a myriad of various searches. What is a ‘background check’? A ‘background… Read more »
NAPBS members granted exemption to the The Police Records Checks Reform Act 2015 Update for our clients As you know, on December 1, 2015, the Ontario government passed Bill 113, The Police Record Checks Reform Act 2015. This was designed to limit the types of information that can be released by police record checks… Read more »
Some findings in a new report may surprise you We recently wrote about the need for fraud investigation teams in virtually all businesses – and that in most small and mid-sized organizations, there simply aren’t sufficient internal resources to deal with occupational fraud. One of the things we heard most often about that piece… Read more »
. . . Price is important. So are a lot of other factors. No one likes it, but it’s part of business: Sooner or later, almost every company finds that it needs to conduct an investigation to uncover potential wrongdoing by management, employees, suppliers, vendors or other third parties. Investigations… Read more »
. . . . . PART I: Don’t let violence take your workplace by surprise When we’re engaged by a client to conduct an investigation or provide security after a major incidence of violence in the workplace, we often hear the same comment: “We were taken by surprise – we never imagined something like… Read more »
Corporate investigations needs to stay ahead of the technology curve These days, there’s a lot of emphasis on cyber crime and the serious, business-debilitating repercussions that can happen when organizations find themselves the target of cyber attacks or computer-based fraud by employees. And there’s no question that as more companies depend on web-based applications… Read more »
People are your biggest investment. How do you ensure you’re getting the right ones? It’s sounds like a cliché but it’s true: People are your biggest, and often most important, investment. Hiring the right people can transform your business and your bottom line – and hiring the wrong person can end up… Read more »
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